Coronavirus

UPDATED: One more death, cases climb to 522 as new testing information released

SALISBURY — The county’s COVID-19 death count increased by a total of one Friday as seven testing options ...

Faith

Graduating seniors ride through Faith in COVID-19-style parade

FAITH — In a year where a global pandemic has stolen the last, important moments of senior year, ...

Coronavirus

Health Department releases list of seven COVID-19 testing options

The Rowan County Health Department has shared the following COVID-19 testing site locations available in our community. • ...

Coronavirus

County: Two more cases at Liberty Commons as COVID-19 case total rises to 510

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — One resident and one employee at Liberty Commons nursing home are among ...

Business

County leaders form ‘Economic Recovery Task Force’ to help businesses reopen safely

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As businesses begin reopening and operating under the guidance of Gov. Roy ...

Coronavirus

COVID-19 Relief Fund awards $13,500 to three more nonprofits

SALISBURY — The Rowan County United Way on Wednesday announced $13,500 in grants to local nonprofits from the ...

Coronavirus

Staff member at Liberty Commons nursing home among four new positive COVID-19 cases

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Four new individuals were added to the positive case total for COVID-19 ...

Business

Sales tax loss to remain unknown for months despite requirement to pass budgets by July

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sales tax revenue comprises a significant portion of each county’s fiscal year ...

News

Cooper defends rules for businesses, churches

By Gary D. Robertson Associated Press RALEIGH — Stating “pandemics cannot be partisan,” North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy ...

Coronavirus

Local NAACP, Heggins call for ‘equity lens’ for city’s COVID-19 funds

SALISBURY — In a video conference hosted by the North Carolina Black Alliance, Salisbury-Rowan NAACP president Gemale Black ...

Coronavirus

County: New cases at Citadel, Veterans Home after double-digit rise in recoveries

SALISBURY — A dozen more individuals in Rowan County have tested positive for COVID-19 as of Tuesday, including ...

Coronavirus

County confirms one new death at Citadel, says more tests being conducted than reported

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — On Monday, county officials reported an additional six individuals tested positive for ...

Coronavirus

Eight total new COVID-19 cases in Rowan over weekend

SALISBURY — With an additional eight positives from 72 tests reported Saturday and Sunday, little changed in Rowan ...

Politics

Political notebook: Sen. Carl Ford encourages increased crowds of Reopen NC protesters

The May 2 rally in Salisbury supporting the “reopening of the state” brought out about 20 protesters, and ...

Top Home

Optimism still lingers about recovery as country sees highest unemployment rate since Great Depression

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Despite the national unemployment rate soaring in April, economists are anticipating a ...

News

Farmers market, flea market make pandemic debut after soft reopen

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY – The Salisbury/Rowan Farmers Market and the Webb Road Flea Market both opened ...

Local

United Way director: Economic needs haven’t diminished with start of Phase 1

SALISBURY — Rowan County United Way Executive Director Jenny Lee says the state’s entrance into Phase 1 of ...

Education

After months of elearning, educators ask what challenges new school year will bring

SALISBURY – Educators expect that the more than two months students have spent out of the classroom may ...

News

Governor says virus threat remains as stay-at-home order eased

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — COVID-19 remains a “lethal threat” to North Carolina ...

News

Decline in bail bond business blamed on COVID-19

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local bail bondsman says he estimates his business has seen a ...

Coronavirus

UPDATED: County up to 473 COVID-19 cases, 185 recoveries after week of double-digit jumps

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Throughout the week, positive COVID-19 cases continued to rise in Rowan County, ...

News

Novant Health to begin COVID-19 clinical trials with CytoDyn’s Leronlimab

SALISBURY — Novant Health says it will be the first in the Southeast to initiate a phase two ...

Business

US unemployment surges to a Depression-era level of 14.7%

WASHINGTON (AP) — The coronavirus crisis has sent the U.S. unemployment rate surging to 14.7%, a level last ...

News

Salisbury Transit receives $950K grant through CARES Act

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration announced Thursday Salisbury Transit ...

News

COVID-19 impacts Rowan County legislators’ goals of session

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After the passage of the state’s COVID-19 relief bills Saturday, both the ...

News

Data shows Rowan County, NC rank low in social distancing heading toward soft reopen

By Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY  — The state begins the rollback of some restrictions on business as well ...

Coronavirus

Officials urge caution as county sees another double-digit jump in COVID-19 cases

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County on Thursday reported for the third time this week a ...

Business

Moose Pharmacy, Southern Grace Distillery create hand sanitizer for frontline workers

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — As products like hand sanitizer and its ingredients have become scarce during ...

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